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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
4
A reading room near a big library faces three literary questions from a fashionable pair. A librarian cannot answer any of the three, prompting a muttered remark on why library exams exist and highlighting the clerk’s limitations. The dialogue is wrapped in diary like satire.
A New York Sun report details a covert lending scheme among federal clerks known as ten percenters. Workers borrow 10 to 100 dollars by issuing IOUs and receiving 90 percent of their salary, via small secret societies with chartered bylaws.
Hoofs and Horns Ranchers push for a Chihuahua cattle show with Governor Ahumada likely to approve in October. The El Paso exhibit spurs northern buyers and southern breeders to seek sales at the upcoming American Cattle Growers Association convention in Denver March 4, focusing on land leasing and cattle diseases. A musical pitch note on tempering tuning forks and German standards closes with Emerson and a One Minute Cough Cure ad.
A collage recalls a diving beetle's nocturnal ascent and wing display by moonlight, contrasted with a Chicago book agent at a doorstep and a few witty newspaper quips. The excerpts blend natural observation with city life and humor from period papers.
A science note surveys moon snow claims and body blood volume. It discusses heart pulsation moving ten pounds, cyclone and tornado links, lightning thunder distance rules, and solar diameter changes with time quoted by Sir Robert Ball.
The piece offers stain removal steps for coffee on linen using cold water and borax, plus methods with kerosene and turpentine emulsion. It notes color restoration with acetic acid and soda for acids stains, and ends with a humor note about Oliver Twist at a notion counter and a cafe price for oysters.
A letter from Mrs Haskins of the Arcade Club Chicago endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as essential for expectant mothers. The author argues many women suffer during childbirth and after, and that careful physical preparation and counsel improve outcomes. Mrs Pinkham offers free guidance from Lynn Mass, with thousands vouching for relief and safety.
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